Simply One Life

Today was the third extra dreary day in a row and, jeez, it just feels like it’s hard to do anything when it’s this dark out. October is almost over and we’ve had…

We had the most fun evening hanging out with the apprentices tonight. We ate dinner together and then sat around on our porch hanging around (and them being poked and prodded by our…

I, like most humans, struggle with not feeling good enough. I’ve been having a lot of those feelings this week and as I was doing the dishes tonight I was pondering it all…

Theo turned 14 today. In true teen fashion he didn’t want to do anything. I love who he’s becoming but it does make my heart pang a bit that he doesn’t have interest…

I woke up feeling like I could just go back to sleep today. I don’t really know why I was so tired, but I struggled out of bed and got everything ready to…

Aware of my own fragility In this concourse of life Emotions ebb and flowAnd I must remember They no longer define meFor a Savior has taken Emotion’s place And I’ve left it all…

I’m around writers all the time and it’s made me realize that I lack the mind of a writer. I do not have a constant stream of story ideas. I do not understand…

We spent about 6 hours in the car today so we could fill our freezer with a half a cow.  It is inconvenient to drive that far to get meat for our family,…

As I was getting a drink out of the fridge this evening I had the most vivid memory of my uncle trying to convince my cousins and I that the light in the…

It’s 10:26 at night and I’m typing in the kitchen while some sourdough roll dough mixes (aren’t mixers wonderful?!). I don’t want to write anything, and I don’t really want to be mixing…